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From: winger@minnow.sp.unisys.com (Mark Winger)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: NETHACK posting
Message-ID: <1568@minnow.sp.unisys.com>
Date: 21 Dec 89 13:32:31 GMT
References: <2843@dogie.macc.wisc.edu>
Reply-To: winger@minnow.UUCP (Mark Winger)
Organization: Unisys Corporation - Roseville, MN
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In article <2843@dogie.macc.wisc.edu> rsmith@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Rusty Smith, MACC) writes:
~However the first part of the 12 part
~NETHACK arrived today. My 2 cents worth is that after long periods
~of no postings, games should have a lower priority.  .....


This is the last straw for me, I can keep my opions to myself no longer. 
I have been getting damn tired of the lack of activity in this group due
to reviewing/testing.  And then to have CRAP like this posted! 
Believe it or not, we are big boys and girls out here, we know how to
look at software and decide whether its something we want.  Just the same,
I would not want my wife to go through my mail throwing away things she
didn't think I want (After taking two months to read it).  Take some lessons
from groups like the mac binaries group, 2-3 posting every DAY (Not every
MONTH).

I'm not trying to say the moderator is doing a bad job, just that he's
biting off more than one person can handle.  I'd be interested to know
what percentage of software actually does not meet his standards and
gets thrown away (I will never know what percentage of that I may have
found very useful).


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